At the very end of the year, I calculated the number of books I had read for that year and came up with 69.  I have no idea how many books I reviewed but it wasn’t even close to 69. Could I have reviewed more books? Absolutely! Why didn’t I?

There’s a three reasons for this. The first reason is that I’m a book junkie…which means I finish a book and start reading another one an hour later, not even that sometimes! So I don’t have any head space to remember some of the books I’ve read and thus writing a review is very difficult. To combat this, I started keeping a log of my thoughts on books once I finish them. This way I can keep reading at breakneck speed, whilst still recalling previous books. Thus writing reviews isn’t so daunting.

The second reason is that I probably didn’t like the book enough to review it. We don’t review books here unless we like them. Having said that, we can be critical towards a book but still really love it.

The third reason is simple. Sometimes I don’t want to share my thoughts about a book. This might sound strange, even selfish, but haven’t you liked something to the point that you just wanted to cuddle up with your thoughts leave them there inside your head and let them be just yours? Well, sometimes that’s how I feel about some of the books I read.

For those that write reviews, do you review every book you like?

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Jess

Jess is a mum of two children and married to the calmest man alive. She loves to bake and go for walks. A writer of contemporary romance, Jess write stories about the heart and where love is worth the journey.